Eligible Field -
Life and Health
Nominations considered by the Life and Health Committee fall broadly into life sciences and medicine, aiming to advance diagnostic, treatment and prevention of human diseases including but not limited to novel discoveries in microbiology, virology, oncology and immunology, genomics, neuroscience, microbiome and regenerative medicine, personalised medicine, novel drug discovery, advanced therapies and medical devices.
Panel Chair

Professor NG Siew Chien
- BOCHK STIP Laureate 2024 (Life and Health)
- Croucher Professor in Medical Sciences, CUHK
- Associate Dean (Research), Faculty of Medicine, CUHK
- Director, Microbiota I-Center
- Foreign Member of Academia Europaea
- Fellow of Royal College of Physicians
- Fellow of Royal College of Edinburg
- The American Gastroenterological Association Fellow (AGAF)
Panel Members

Prof. Jun Ma
- Academician, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Executive Vice-president, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center

Prof. Tony Shu Kam Mok
- Associate Dean (Translation and Entrepreneurship), Faculty of Medicine, CUHK
- Chairman, Department of Clinical Oncology, CUHK
- Fellow, ASCO
- Past President, International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer
- Member and Board of Directors (Honorary Secretary), The Hong Kong Academy of Sciences

Prof. Alice Sze Tsai Wong
- Associate Vice President (Research), HKU
- Director (Interim), Li Dak-Sum Research Centre, HKU- Karolinska Institutet Collaboration in Regenerative Medicine, HKU
- Fellow, Royal Society of Biology

Prof. Eddy F. Y. Liew
- Gardiner Chair & Head, Department of Immunology, Glasgow University
- Founding Director, Glasgow Biomedical Research Centre
- Fellow, The Royal Society, U.K.
- Fellow, The Academy of Medical Science, U.K.